Attack under way at tourist resort in Mali capital

A tourist resort popular with Westerners in the Malian capital was under attack on Sunday, according to witnesses and an AFP journalist. Malian troops and soldiers from France’s Bakhane counter-terrorist force headed to the site on the edge of Bamako, where nearby residents reported hearing shots fired while smoke billowed into the air. The west African country has been battling a jihadist insurgency for several years, with Islamist fighters roaming the north and centre of Mali.